The 23-year-old <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Dalai-Lama-film-11267454.php">religious and spiritual leader</a> of Tibet gets an invitation from the occupying Chinese to come to a dance performance. Without bodyguards. Sensing a trap, he flees on foot over the Himalayas to India, where he remains in exile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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